A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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